Data Centric Design and Construction Lab

Our lab is focused on advancing data-driven approaches in the construction industry to support decision-making throughout the entire building lifecycle. It centres on Building Information Modelling (BIM) as the primary source of information, with an emphasis on data quality and enrichment. We explore the capabilities of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enhance automation in construction.

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“Without data, you’re just another person with an opinion.” — W. Edwards Deming

Recent Publications

The role of Machine Learning in Automated Code Checking – The untapped potential and persisting challenges.

Maen Alnuzha¹, Tanya Bloch¹

¹Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

PACE – BP: Process Analysis and Comparative Evaluation of Building Permit Processes in a global perspective

Judith Fauth^a, Tanya Bloch^band Lucio Soibelman^c

^aDr.Eng., Research Unit Digital Building Process, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technische Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria

^b Ph.D., Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

^c Professor, Ph.D., ASCE Dist. Member, Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, USC Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

Incorporating Context into BIM-Derived Data—Leveraging Graph Neural Networks for Building Element Classification

Guy Austern^a, Tanya Bloch^b and Yael Abulafia^a

^{a Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel}

^b ^{Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel}

Taxonomy for building permit system - organizing knowledge for building permit digitalization

Judith Fauth ^a, Tanya Bloch ^b, Francesca Noardo ^c, Nicholas Nisbet ^d, Stefanie-Brigitte Kaiser ^e, Peter Nørkjær Gade ^f, Jernej Tekavec ^g

^aTU Wien, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Vienna, Austria

^bTechnion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

^cOpen Geospatial Consortium Europe, Technologielaan 3, B - 3001 Heverlee, Belgium

^dUniversity College London, Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, UCL, London, UK

^ePolitehnica University of Timișoara, Piața Victoriei 2, Timișoara, Romania

^fUniversity College of Northern Denmark, Technology & Business, Aalborg, Denmark

^gUniversity of Ljubljana, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Fully funded MSc, PhD, and Postdoctoral positions are available.
Our key research areas include:
🔹 Automated Code Checking & design review
🔹 Uncertainty management in design and construction
🔹 Data-driven project management
🔹 Evaluation of design alternatives using AI & VR environments
🔹 Semantic enrichment of BIM models
🔹 Construction 4.0
📌 Location: Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
📧 To Apply: Submit your CV and a short research statement (1–2 pages) outlining your research interests to bloch@technion.ac.il

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